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The Guardian
The toughest call'
Can Starmer afford to sack Rayner over her stamp duty blunder?
3 min |
September 04, 2025
The Guardian
Djokovic not sure if he has the fitness to beat Alcaraz
Novak Djokovic has admitted he is unsure of how physically ready he will be for his US Open semi-final against Carlos Alcaraz but is determined to do all he can to give himself the best chance against the Spaniard when they face each other tomorrow.
2 min |
September 04, 2025
The Guardian
Centre stage Reform UK Birmingham conference promises fireworks
Reform UK's party conference will last barely more than 30 hours this weekend, but its rivals fear the glitz and political noise are going to be hard for them to beat. \"We're the only party conference to have our own pyrotechnics budget,\" says one Reform insider with pride.
3 min |
September 04, 2025
The Guardian
Uefa rules mean Tel and injured trio out of Spurs' European squad
Thomas Frank has left Mathys Tel out of his Tottenham squad for the league phase of the Champions League while he has been unable to find room in it for Dejan Kulusevski and Radu Dragusin - even though they could return from long-term injuries while there are still ties to play.
1 min |
September 04, 2025
The Guardian
Ticket resale 'deception'
Viagogo sends gig tickets along with copy of stranger's passport
4 min |
September 04, 2025
The Guardian
Reeves admits 'more to do' as budget set for late November
Rachel Reeves acknowledged the UK economy was \"not working well enough for working people\" as she announced that her second budget would take place on 26 November, amid mounting speculation over tax increases.
2 min |
September 04, 2025
The Guardian
Minimum pay brought in for top-two tiers
Minimum salaries are being introduced in the Women's Super League and WSL2 this season and will stop second-tier players needing part-time jobs on the side, Holly Murdoch, the chief operating officer of WSL Football, has told the Guardian.
1 min |
September 04, 2025
The Guardian
Tory justice secretary put murder trial at risk, says Mahmood
The justice secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has suggested that her Tory counterpart, Robert Jenrick, was guilty of \"risking the collapse of the trial\" after he was criticised in court for tweeting about a criminal case.
1 min |
September 04, 2025
The Guardian
Scotland bans grants and support for arms firms that supply Israel
The Scottish government has banned arms companies which supply the IDF from getting grants and investment support, and will freeze support for trade with Israel.
1 min |
September 04, 2025
The Guardian
Greens' deputy leader tells of racist attack on his family
The newly elected deputy leader of the Green party and his family were attacked on a day out at the seaside last week, with bottles thrown and racist abuse hurled, he has said.
2 min |
September 04, 2025
The Guardian
No stone unscanned: shoppers to get avocado ripeness readings
It is the millennial's perennial problem: returning home after spending a small fortune on an avocado only to find the green fruit is either too squishy to slice for a salad or too hard to smash on toast.
1 min |
September 04, 2025
The Guardian
Melvyn Bragg ends 27-year run as host of Radio 4's In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg said yesterday that he would be leaving the BBC Radio 4 programme In Our Time, which he has hosted for 27 years.
2 min |
September 04, 2025
The Guardian
Scrolling on your phone on the loo may cause piles, doctors say
People who take a phone to the loo should keep to a two TikTok limit, according to doctors who found toilet scrollers are more prone to haemorrhoids than phoneless lavatory-goers.
2 min |
September 04, 2025
The Guardian
I acted as any parent would Rayner's statement in full
When she bought the £800,000 property in May, she paid the standard rate of stamp duty, estimated to be £30,000, rather than the higher rate for second homes, which would have been as much as £70,000.
3 min |
September 04, 2025
The Guardian
Southport From racist tweet to darling of the right
You can't have an opinion, you'll get locked up like that Lucy Connolly.
4 min |
September 03, 2025
The Guardian
Chancellor will have to muddle through the budget, but market jitters are not specific to the UK
The last time yields on 30-year UK government bonds were this high, Rachel Reeves was a first-year student at Oxford, getting to grips with economics.
2 min |
September 03, 2025
The Guardian
World Rugby urges men to engage fans
The head of World Rugby has urged the men's game to learn lessons from how players at the Women's Rugby World Cup have shown off their personalities and interacted more with fans.
1 min |
September 03, 2025
The Guardian
Nike to supply free boots to players after extending WSL deal
Nike has extended its Women's Super League sponsorship deal in an innovative partnership, with the company to provide free boots to all players in the top two divisions who do not have endorsement contracts with other manufacturers.
2 min |
September 03, 2025
The Guardian
'I go with a heavy heart' Some Israeli reservists reluctant to join offensive
Some Israeli reservists reluctant to join offensive
3 min |
September 03, 2025
The Guardian
UK hit by new sell-off in bond markets
Britain's long-term borrowing costs have hit their highest level in 27 years, intensifying the pressure on the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, before the autumn budget.
3 min |
September 03, 2025
The Guardian
Theatre review Two titans simmer but never quite hit boiling point
Forget William Shakespeare. This is Christopher Marlowe's moment. Starring Edward Bluemel (My Lady Jane, Killing Eve) as hardworking, wary Will and Ncuti Gatwa (The Importance of Being Earnest, Doctor Who) as randy, troublesome Kit, Liz Duffy Adams' new chamber play squirrels the literary titans away in a room in 1591 to play out an energetic, erotic version of some historians' suspicions that their lives were more intertwined than we think.
1 min |
September 03, 2025
The Guardian
New Greens leader Zack Polanski tells Labour: 'We are here to replace you'
The new Green party leader, Zack Polanski, has said he would need to see \"very strong arguments\" before agreeing any electoral pact with Jeremy Corbyn's mooted party, arguing there is enough space on the left of British politics for both to thrive.
3 min |
September 03, 2025
The Guardian
Under-16s face ban on energy drinks
Under-16s in England will be banned from buying energy drinks such as Red Bull and Monster because they fuel obesity, cause sleep problems and leave them unable to concentrate.
2 min |
September 03, 2025
The Guardian
Analysis Peter Walker
A radical step into the unknown in a rapidly changing political landscape
2 min |
September 03, 2025
The Guardian
Rayner faces possible £40,000 stamp duty bill, warn experts
Angela Rayner faces having to pay tens of thousands of pounds more in stamp duty if tax officials judge she incorrectly paid the lower rate on her Hove flat, experts have said.
2 min |
September 03, 2025
The Guardian
Putin hails ties with China as autocrats arrive in Beijing for show of military might
Vladimir Putin has hailed Russia's \"unprecedentedly\" high level of ties with China, as dozens of leaders, including the North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-un, arrived in Beijing on the eve of a massive military parade intended to showcase a Chinese-led global order.
3 min |
September 03, 2025
The Guardian
You Need Solidarity' Sánchez Shows Another Way of Leading From the Left
When Pedro Sánchez and Keir Starmer meet in Downing Street today, it will be the first such bilateral summit between a Spanish prime minister and his British counterpart for more than a decade, an interregnum explained by Brexit and the now-healed running sore of Gibraltar.
4 min |
September 03, 2025
The Guardian
Europe's response to Gaza has been a failure, says Spanish PM
'Double standards over Gaza and Ukraine' risk undermining west
5 min |
September 03, 2025
The Guardian
Alcaraz draws gasps in Lehecka demolition
It took just seven minutes for Carlos Alcaraz to recognise that he was having another one of those days where he could do whatever he wanted with a tennis ball.
2 min |
September 03, 2025
The Guardian
Damp debut for Baker as South Africa swipe undercooked England
They say that if you fail to prepare you should prepare to fail, and it turns out that is what England were doing across the two understaffed days of training with which they launched themselves into this series.
3 min |